Brigade 2506

Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles that existed from May 1960 to December 1962, formed with the goal of overthrowing Fidel Castro's communist government. In November 1960, 430 anti-Castro Cuban exiles from the Miami area were selected for training, and Pepe San Roman was chosen as the brigade's military commander. A total of 1,297 Cuban exiles took part in the disastrous 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, which saw the brigade lose 114 dead and 1,183 captured; the USA gave $53,000,000 worth of food and medicine to Cuba in exchange for the release of the prisoners.